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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hits All-Time Highs, Causing Bitcoin Miner Stocks to Skyrocket Today

What happened Around 2 a.m. EST on Dec. 30, famous cryptocurrency bitcoin reached an all-time high of $28,579.59, according to CoinDesk. It’s since pulled back a little, but is still up roughly 7% over the past 24 hours (remember, cryptocurrencies trade around the clock whereas stocks only trade when the market is open). Fresh highs […]

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Apple

Apple Leads 5 Best Performers In Worst Year| Investor’s Business Daily

After a strong start to 2020, the stock market tumbled in March amid the coronavirus crash. But Dow Jones stocks finished the year strong, hitting record highs at the end of December. X The best Dow Jones stock performers of 2020 were Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Nike (NKE), Salesforce (CRM) and Disney (DIS), which saw […]

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How-tos

Samsung’s New HDR10+ TVs Automatically Adapt Picture Quality to Ambient Lighting – Review Geek

Samsung HDR is optimized to work in a super dark environment, but most people spend their TV time surrounded by ambient lighting, like sunlight or the light from a lamp. That’s why Samsungs upcoming QLED TVs contain a new feature called HDR10+ Adaptive, which automatically adjusts and optimizes picture quality based on the ambient light […]

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Autos

That Ford Mach-E Ad with Clark Griswold Lacks Laughs

While on the subject of holiday ads, I have another beef with a different automaker than yesterday. Today’s target: Ford. Like practically everyone, I love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It might be my favorite Christmas movie. And I can see why Ford would choose to base an ad around Clark and Ellen Griswold to promote […]

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Autos

That Ford Mach-E Ad with Clark Griswold Lacks Laughs

While on the subject of holiday ads, I have another beef with a different automaker than yesterday. Today’s target: Ford. Like practically everyone, I love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It might be my favorite Christmas movie. And I can see why Ford would choose to base an ad around Clark and Ellen Griswold to promote […]

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Bitcoin

Blockchain technology is ‘real and effective’

Bitcoin is currently on its longest winning run since 2019. Bryan Routledge, Associate Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, joins Yahoo Finance Live to break down how Bitcoin rallied to record levels this year and the outlook for crypto in 2021. Video Transcript – Bitcoin at a record once […]

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Apple

Apple Launches First-Generation College Student Mentorship Program

Apple this month announced a new Launch@Apple mentorship program that’s designed for first-generation college students, with the program set to launch in early 2021. According to a PDF describing Launch@Apple, it is aimed at first-generation college freshmen and sophomores who are majoring in finance, mathematics, economics, business, data analytics, and accounting. It matches college students […]

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How-tos

The LEGO Botanical Collection Puts Beautiful Plants in Your Home You Can’t Kill – Review Geek

LEGO You can turn to LEGO for cars, art, and replica game systems, but what about something closer to nature? The new LEGO botanical collection is just the answer to that question. It starts with two sets, the previously rumored Bonsai Tree and Flower Bouquet. Both will go for $50 when they release January 1st, and […]

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